I In January 1908, the council of the London borough of Islington met to consider a report from the Medical Officer of Health which indicated that the level of infant mortality was the same as in the 1840s, 146 per 1,000. A resolution was moved that three paid health visitors should be appointed as part of a campaign to reduce this heavy toll; also before the council was a protest from the Holl...

Note: The views expressed in this discussion paper are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the members or staff of the Puget Sound Regional Council. 2 Informational Paper on "Compact Growth and Adverse Health Impacts" This paper was developed by University of Washington Doctoral Student Gail Sandlin under a contract with the Puget Sound Regional Council. The scope of the contra...

BACKGROUND Urban living affects children's nutrition and growth, which are determinants of their survival, cognitive development, and lifelong health. Little is known about urban-rural differences in children's height and weight, and how these differences have changed over time. We aimed to investigate trends in children's height and weight in rural and urban settings in low-income and middle-i...

Note: The views expressed in this discussion paper are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the members or staff of the Puget Sound Regional Council. 2 Informational Paper on "Compact Growth and Adverse Health Impacts" This paper was developed by University of Washington Doctoral Student Gail Sandlin under a contract with the Puget Sound Regional Council. The scope of the contra...

An urban regeneration health impact assessment (HIA) was conducted collaboratively with three major government agencies and the local community in 2005 and 2006 to identify health impacts of a major land use strategy outlined in the consultant's report for the Greater Granville Regeneration Plan - Stage 1 (Sydney: Hassall Pty Limited, 2005). Health impacts were identified and agreed recommendat...

Effective smokefree outdoor policies (SFOP) can reduce the normalisation of smoking and aid quitting.1-3 In New Zealand (NZ), more than 90% of local government authorities have some ‘educational’ outdoor smokefree policies, but these are not enforceable by law.4 We used a case study of NZ’s capital city (Wellington) to explore the issues and options for progressing SFOP in pedestrian-dense urba...

The political and policy impacts of alternative governing arrangements are an enduring and important puzzle of urban politics. Locating the source of the empirical confusion over structural effects in the use of static data analysis, the author emphasizes the benefits of investigating the substantive consequences of identifiable events (e.g., changes in form of government, budgeting techniques,...

background: the present study aimed to evaluate the balance between training and demand for radiologists in the iranian health care system between 2008 and 2027. materials and methods: a total number of 250 clusters were randomly selected from urban and rural areas of iran, of which 168 were selected from urban areas and 82 were selected from rural areas. in order to collect basic medical data ...

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AIM This paper describes the establishment of the first Japanese nurse practitioner graduate programme and legislative activities to institutionalize nurse practitioners in Japan. BACKGROUND To address the super-ageing population, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences initiated the first academic graduate level nurse practitioner programme in Japan, based upon the global standard def...